About ConferenceCalls.com

What is ConferenceCalls.com?
ConferenceCalls.com is the global conference call service provider brought to you by Universal Calling Inc. Our reservationless conference call service & ConferenceCalls.com web conferencing services allow businesses around the world to reduce their operational costs by up to 90% from traditional audio conference calling methods.

What are its core offerings?
For more than 9 years, Universal Calling Inc. has been delivering unparalleled quality and reliability within the telecommunications industry. Some other popular brands include CallingCards.com, PhoneCards.com, and over 600 telecom websites worldwide. With more than 15.4 million cards emailed, and over 1 billion minutes delivered monthly, Universal Calling Inc. is one of the largest online wholesalers and master distributors of telecommunication services worldwide.

About Web Conferencing

What is Web Conferencing?
Web Conferencing is used to hold group meetings and to share documents, presentations, and information over the internet in real time. ConferenceCalls.com provides all of the web conferencing services you need to host a successful sales presentation, product demonstration, international meeting, or other online conference — and no software downloads or special hardware are required.

Is this market growing?
Yes. According to Wainhouse Research, web conferencing is the fastest growing segment of the large and growing conferencing market. In 2003, the conferencing market reached $2.3B, with web conferencing accounting for 20% of that market. In 2005, the web conferencing market is projected to reach $767M and $920M by 2006.

Is this just another Web Conferencing service? How does ConferenceCalls.com's Web Conferencing compare to other conferencing solutions?
ConferenceCalls.com offers a flexible, cost-effective web conferencing service for SMEs. We deliver essential conferencing features through an intuitive user interface that is ideal for users of all skill levels. Available for a fraction of the cost of other conferencing services such as WebEx and LiveMeeting, ConferenceCalls.com is practical and affordable enough for everyday use. Until ConferenceCalls.com, web conferencing services had been too impractical for SMEs due to high costs, long-term contract requirements, and complex user interfaces. ConferenceCalls.com eliminates all these obstacles for organizations by offering aggressively priced voice and web services, easy to use interfaces, no download requirements and a robust feature set. With ConferenceCalls.com users of all abilities can quickly and easily start and join meetings with a single click.

What can I do with ConferenceCalls.com?
ConferenceCalls.com removes the price and complexity barriers of web conferencing to make it as easy to use as voice conferencing. Effective, easy-to-use and quick to implement, ConferenceCalls.com enables organizations to conduct ConferenceCalls.com with reservationless toll-free voice conferencing, presentation and document sharing, and more advanced capabilities such as application sharing, polling and more. Use ConferenceCalls.com for sales presentations, training sessions, client briefings, team meetings, contract negotiations, project team collaboration and other meetings or discussions with remote participants.

Is this a new offering from ConferenceCalls.com?
Yes, but Web Conferencing is based on the company's proven technology, and is successfully used in the market today.

How do I start using Web Conferencing?
Getting started with web conferencing is easy. It is accessible from any computer with an Internet connection with no cumbersome downloads or advanced planning are required.

What are the key features and benefits of ConferenceCalls.com?
ConferenceCalls.com suite is designed with flexibility and ease of use for end users with a host of features at a fraction of the price of other services, including:

No download requirements

Ability to start meetings instantly

Lower cost to comparable services

Document sharing

Application/desktop sharing

Pointer

Annotation

Polling and hand raising

Chat

Roster controls

SSL

Multiple presenters

Conference lock

Audio dial-out

File transfer

Remote control

How secure is ConferenceCalls.com Web Conferencing?
The web conferencing Data Center is a highly secure facility that is staffed 24 hours per day and 365 days per year. Access to the facility is allowed only for designated personnel who provide appropriate identification. The facilities are physically secure and the infrastructure is redundant.

In addition, the ConferenceCalls.com network is protected by redundant firewalls supplied by an industry leader known for their performance and security. Routers, switches and other network components are also configured redundantly to maintain maximum service performance and availability.

The Web Conferencing services are powered by redundant, secure Internet servers located in the Data Center. All servers and networking equipment are housed in locked steel cages and are protected by security staff, video surveillance and biometric card access. Network access to servers from the public Internet is limited to only the TCP/IP ports necessary for administration and use of the service. Servers are maintained with the latest available security patches to minimize exposure to security flaws inherent to the platforms.

ConferenceCalls.com allows users to publish documents for the purpose of sharing with an authorized group of users. When a document is published through ConferenceCalls.com, it is securely transferred to the data servers and converted for sharing. Published documents are never archived to off-line storage media and are considered the confidential material of the account owner. At any time you may elect to remove or replace a published document in the system. When you choose to remove published materials they are immediately deleted from the systems and are no longer retrievable.

How can I purchase ConferenceCalls.com?
Web Conferencing is available for free until March 15,2007 from ConferenceCalls.com. Contact a sales representative at 1.866.497.5033 or sales@ConferenceCalls.com to discuss what is right for your business.

What are the system requirements?
For Hosts and Participants to join conferences their systems must meet the following basic system requirements:

Network connection to the ConferenceCalls.com system through HTTP and HTTPS

Connection speed of 56kbps or higher is recommended

Microsoft Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Server2003 System with one of the following browsers: Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Netscape 7.0 or higher; Mozilla 1.0 or higher

Mac OS X with Netscape 7.1 or higher or Apple Safari

Linux, Unix or Solaris with Netscape 7.0+ or Mozilla 1.0+

Cookies, pop-ups and scripting Enabled

Document Publishing
No downloads or plug-ins are required for presentations limited to Document Publishing. Only the basic system requirements must be met by Hosts and Participants.

Application & Desktop Sharing
To share applications or desktops the sharing system must meet the following requirements in addition to the basic system requirements:

Microsoft Windows 98/NT/ME/2000/XP/Server2003 System with Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher

Ability to run ActiveX sharing controls or pre-install sharing components

Network connection speed of 128kbps or faster recommended

What is the pricing for ConferenceCalls.com?
ConferenceCalls.com is the lowest cost service for businesses. At 8.9¢ for web conferencing, and only 1.9¢ for USA toll audio participants, ConferenceCalls.com enables companies to use ConferenceCalls.com in their daily communications without overpaying for unused features.

I cannot connect to web conferencing using Internet Explorer 8?
You can, but the default security settings will not allow it. You can modify a setting to allow it to work. The reason it does not work is because Microsoft has a new security features that doesn't allow cross-site scripting. To change the setting, follow these instrcutions.

Go to Tools

Select Internet Options

Click the Security Tab

Click Custom Level button

The 3rd from bottom option is Enable XSS Filter. Turn that from "enabled" to "disabled"

You can change this back anytime when you are not using web conferencing.